World Cafe has been one of public radio's most entertaining and important music shows for over 15 years. Airing weekdays on 185 radio stations nationwide from its home station of WXPN-FM in Philadelphia, PA, it is a uniquely formatted program that features live interviews and performances with the greatest established and up-and-coming artists of today.

In The Best of the World Cafe: Great Conversations from NPR's Most Popular Contemporary Music Show host David Dye offers a stunning retrospective of the show, digging into this impressive vault of content to highlight the show's greatest interviews, quotes, moments, and memories. Featuring interview excerpts and complete transcripts from some of music's legendary, leading, and up-and-coming artists and performers, The Best of the World Cafe is fit to indulge even the most hardcore music junkies.

David Dye originated the show in 1991 to offer listeners a new eclectic mix of musical styles including blues, rock, folk, and alt-country. Every week since the show's inception, Dye has brought out the best in such celebrated musicians as Sting, Joni Mitchell, Robert Plant, and Beck. He also introduced many listeners to newcomers like Fiona Apple, Rufus Wainwright, and John Mayer among thousands of others.

Through The Best of the World Cafe, Dye unlocks the intimate experiences and awe-inspiring moments shared with the artists who have come to make the World Cafe public radio's most popular contemporary music program.

BONUS DVD! The Best of the World Cafe includes an original 50-minute DVD about World Cafe, entitled "WXPN and World Cafe Present a History from There to Here", which features interviews with current and past staff, giving insider accounts of the show's history and daily operation, as well as behind-the-scenes footage, and a selection of performances and interviews.

Available in bookstores everywhere November 12, 2007.

Available NOW when you become an XPN Member!The Best of World Cafe is available with a $75 pledge. Current members can pick it up with their additional gift of $25.